BILL NUMBER: AB 2103	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hill

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 66704.05 to the Government Code, relating to
the San Francisco Bay Restoration Authority.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2103, as amended, Hill. San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority.
   Existing law authorizes the San Francisco Bay Restoration
Authority to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or
property-related fee consistent with Articles XIII C and XIII D of
the California Constitution, as specified.
   This bill would require  (1)  the board of supervisors of
each affected county, when the authority proposes a  regional
 measure to levy a benefit assessment, special tax, or
property related   property-related  fee for
submission to the voters, to call a special election on the 
regional  measure and place the  regional  measure on
the ballot of the next regularly scheduled election  and
would require  , (2)  the county clerk of each
county to report the results of the special election to the authority
 , and (3) the authority to adopt and implement the regional
measure if   the applicable constitutionally required
majority of the aggregate electorate votes affirmatively for the
regional measure  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66704.05 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   66704.05.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, when
the authority proposes any  regional  measure pursuant to
subdivision (a) of Section 66704 for submission to the voters of one
or more counties within the San Francisco Bay Area, including, but
not limited to, the City and County of San Francisco, the board of
supervisors of each of those counties shall call a special election
on the  regional  measure. The special election shall be
consolidated with the next regularly scheduled statewide election and
 the regional measure shall be  submitted to the voters
 in the appropriate counties, consistent with the requirements of
Article XIII     C or XIII     D
of the California Constitution, as applicable  .
   (b) Each county included in the measure shall utilize the ballot
question, title and summary, and ballot language provided in the
resolution of the authority.
   (c) The county clerk of each county shall report the results of
the special election to the authority.
   (d) If the necessary majority of all voters  , required under
Article XIII     C or XIII     D
of the California Constitution, as applicable,  voting on the
 question   regional measure  vote
affirmatively, the authority shall adopt and implement the 
regional  measure.